Coming soon. Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance
- Author: Franklin, Eric
Coming soon. Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance
- Author: Franklin, Eric
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Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, Third Edition, written by renowned master teacher Eric Franklin, provides readers with a deep understanding of how to implement imagery in their dances, improving their skill and artistic expression in both practice and performance.
Now in full color, this edition presents over 900 imagery exercises to refine improvisation, technique, and choreography, with Franklin's signature artwork throughout. The book features over 200 practical and beautiful illustrations.
Updates throughout the text reflect the most-up-to-date scientific research in the field, providing readers with a strong foundation to continue refining their dance technique.
This edition features additional imagery exercises with a wider variety of dance forms and styles, and it includes exercises that can restore and regenerate the body through massage, touch, and stretching. Franklin offers guidance in using imagery to convey information about a dancer's steps and to clarify the intent and content of movement.
Four audio imagery exercises, narrated by the author himself, guide the reader through meditations to relax and restore the body and mind. These audio exercises promote constructive rest.
Improvisation exercises help readers investigate new inner landscapes to create and communicate various movement qualities, provide guidelines for applying imagery in the dance class, and help dancers expand their repertoire of expressiveness in technique and performance across ballet, modern, and contemporary dance.
Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, Third Edition, supplies imagery tools for enhancing or preparing for performance, and it emphasizes the importance of imagery in dancing and teaching dance. Franklin's method of using imagery in dance is displayed throughout this lavishly illustrated book, and the research from scientific and dance literature that supports Franklin's method is detailed. The text, exercises, and illustrations make this book a practical resource for dancers and dance educators alike.
Note: A URL to access the online materials is included in this print book.
Contents
- Part I. Art and Science of Imagery
- Chapter 1. History, Theory, and Uses of Imagery
- Defining Imagery
- Historical Perspectives
- Emerging Theories on Imagery
- Benefits of Using Imagery in Dance
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Types and Effectiveness of Imagery
- Direct Imagery
- Types of Imagery
- Imagery Strings
- Making Imagery Effective
- Summary
- Part II. Discovering and Exploring Imagery
- Chapter 3. Discovering Imagery
- Nature
- Movies
- Literary Arts
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Propensity Toward Imagery
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Basic Movement Imagery and Exercises
- Intention
- Whole-Body Sensation
- Space
- Weight
- Music and Rhythm
- Connections Through the Body
- Breath and Flow
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Imagery in Dance Improvisation
- Improvisation and Dance Technique
- Improvisation With Children
- Imagery Improvisation Exercises
- Contact Improvisation and Imagery
- Butoh
- Summary
- Part III. Imagery in Dance Technique Classes
- Chapter 6. Teaching Dance With Imagery
- Elements of Making Progress
- Function and Anatomy
- Effort and Tension
- Alignment Paradox
- Guidelines for Teachers
- Guidelines for Students
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Floorwork, Walking, and Running
- Floorwork
- Pelvis as a Strong Sitting Base
- Upper-Body Motion While Sitting
- Falls to the Floor
- Rolls on the Ground
- Floor Barre
- Stillness and Slow Movement
- The Foot
- Walking and Running
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Plié
- Force Absorption in Plié
- Imagery for Plié
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Tendu-Based Movements
- Battement Tendu/Dégagé (Jeté)
- Rond de Jambe à Terre
- Battement Fondu (Demi-Plié on One Leg)
- Battement Frappé
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Développé and Other Extensions
- Creating Smooth Action in the Hip Joint
- Extensions to the Back
- Releasing Tension, Embodying Fascia
- Summary
- Chapter 11. Dynamic Balance in Arabesque, Attitude, and Grand Battement
- Research on Imagery for the Plié Arabesque
- Art and Science of Balance
- Grand Battement
- Summary
- Chapter 12. Swings, Arches, and Spirals
- Swings and Arches
- Spirals
- Summary
- Chapter 13. Upper-Body Gestures
- Port de Bras (Arm Gestures)
- Hands
- Face
- Eyes
- Neck
- Summary
- Chapter 14. Turns
- From Crawls to Pirouettes
- Natural Turners
- What You Can Learn From a Spinning Top
- Turning With the Whole Body
- Angular Motion
- Phases of Turning in Pirouettes
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Jumps
- Speed and Leverage
- Anatomical Considerations
- The Foot in Jumping
- Elastic Leaps and Rhythmic Rebound
- Traveling Leaps and Turning Leaps
- Breathing Before Jumping
- Arms and Leaping
- Floors and Soft Landings
- The Sky Is the Limit
- Summary
- Chapter 16. Partnering
- Requirements for Partnering
- Connecting With Your Partner
- Using Imagery in Partnering
- Summary
- Part IV. Imagery in Choreography, Rest, and Regeneration
- Chapter 17. Imagery and Performance Quality
- Expressivity
- Authenticity
- Endowment
- Magical Outfit
- Performance Environment
- Relationship With the Audience
- Your History
- Stepping Onstage
- Summary
- Chapter 18. Rest and Regeneration
- Using Your Hands to Cue and Ease
- Releasing Touch
- Constructive Rest
- Guided Imagery
- Summary
- Epilogue
- References and Resources
- Index
- About the Author
